diff --git a/apps/backend/src/lib/emails.tsx b/apps/backend/src/lib/emails.tsx
index 7c54691eb..f1db58d66 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/lib/emails.tsx
+++ b/apps/backend/src/lib/emails.tsx
@@ -373,7 +373,6 @@ export function normalizeEmail(email: string): string {
     throw new TypeError('normalize-email expects a string');
   }
 
-  const removeDotsDomains = ['gmail.com', 'googlemail.com', 'live.com'];
 
   const emailLower = email.trim().toLowerCase();
   const emailParts = emailLower.split(/@/);
@@ -384,16 +383,12 @@ export function normalizeEmail(email: string): string {
 
   let [username, domain] = emailParts;
 
-  if (removeDotsDomains.includes(domain)) {
-    username = username.replace(/\.+/g, '');
-  }
-
   return `${username}@${domain}`;
 }
 
 import.meta.vitest?.test('normalizeEmail(...)', async ({ expect }) => {
-  expect(normalizeEmail('Example.Test@gmail.com')).toBe('exampletest@gmail.com');
-  expect(normalizeEmail('Example.Test+123@gmail.com')).toBe('exampletest+123@gmail.com');
+  expect(normalizeEmail('Example.Test@gmail.com')).toBe('example.test@gmail.com');
+  expect(normalizeEmail('Example.Test+123@gmail.com')).toBe('example.test+123@gmail.com');
   expect(normalizeEmail('exampletest@gmail.com')).toBe('exampletest@gmail.com');
   expect(normalizeEmail('EXAMPLETEST@gmail.com')).toBe('exampletest@gmail.com');